This has been discussed here many times I think
Serach for Stainless Steel Bolts.
I found this - not sure how to create a link to a past thread...
Need to be sure what we are doing.
Form over function...??? I like the last comment in the thread :-)
- Graham Wolstenholme Apr 26 2000, 7:00 am show options Newsgroups: alt.autos.mini From: zebedee@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Graham Wolstenholme) - Find messages by this author Date: 2000/04/26 Subject: Re: Stainless bolts Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse
Stainless steel isn't the cure-all solution for corrosion in steel that it sometimes seems to be unfortunately.
There are many grades of stainless steel, each of which has different characteristics, but common problems include: Rusting when in contact with ordinary steels.
More prone to high cycle fatigue failures.
Particularly prone to crevice corrosion and resultant fatigue failure. (This is particularly nasty because you won't see it at all until the bolt breaks.)
Stainless bolts are NOT high tensile bolts. For many automotive applications they simply are not strong enough to tighten them properly. This isn't a problem when bolting the top radiator bracket onto the thermostat housing, but is potentially a very real problem for example in head and rocker block bolts.
High tensile bolts are available in gold passivated zinc chromate finish (gold colored) which will probably perform as you had hoped stainless would do.
Graham
ianb ( snipped-for-privacy@bt : Anyone know if stainless bolts etc can be sourced for a mini. If so where : from
: I really want a set of bolts etc to put a stop to rusty bolts forever
: Thanks
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